Dover East

Dover · South East · population 8,551 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

12Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,010 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,074 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 14 in Dover
  • Most deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,355
Median age (est.)40
Density678per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above24%
No car or van35%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 12%25–44 27%45–64 25%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 19%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 40%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 19%Social rent 17%Private rent 40%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 42%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Associate professional 16% · Caring & leisure 15% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Associate professional16%
Caring & leisure15%
Elementary12%
Professional12%
Sales & customer service9%
Skilled trades9%
Process & plant9%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 9%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 3%
White 83%Asian 9%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 37% · Hindu 4%

Born outside the UK: 20%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Dover East is in the most-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #6,010 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 14 in Dover. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (27) and lowest on Crime (6). Typical homes here, about £220,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 29% in five years (from 83 sales), 25% below the wider Dover median of £292,595. Typical household take-home income is around £33,274 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 192 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 21 · #5,420
Employment 14 · #5,914
Education 13 · #5,976
Health 27 · #5,016
Crime 6 · #6,449
Housing & access 19 · #5,564
Living environment 21 · #5,420

House prices ?

£220,000median (12m) · -2.2% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£220,00083-2.2%+29.4%
Detached£460,0009+1.7%
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=4)
Terraced£220,50040-4.1%+22.5%
Flat£147,50030-13.2%+5.4%
This area£220,000
Dover£292,595
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£33,274±£4,731 · #5,581 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,042
Price-to-income ?6.6×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

192 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,644 offences
Dover73
South East71
England83

Rank #6,154 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences693
Theft416
Burglary41
Vehicle crime50
Criminal damage & arson167
Public order & weapons126
Drugs77
Robbery18
Other56

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 405 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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